Tutsplus - Design Patterns in WordPress

In this course, we’re going to look at how to implement our own custom WordPress meta boxes using WordPress best practices, coding standards, and APIs.
Specificaly, we’re going to develop a plugin that adds a custom meta box with the following functionality:

Attach an MP3 to any given post
Specify a title for the MP3
Make sure that we can upload only MP3 files
Display a link to the MP3 file via the song title on the single post page.

Introduction 29m 36s
Plan For The Course 3m 22s
The Development Environment, Part 1 7m 2s
The Development Environment, Part 2 9m 48s
WordPress Plugins 9m 24s

Design Patterns 6m 38s
What Are Design Patterns? 6m 38s

The Singleton Pattern 23m 26s
What is the Singleton Pattern? 5m 50s
Implementing The Singleton Pattern, Part 1 5m 50s
Implementing The Singleton Pattern, Part 2 11m 46s

The Simple Factory Pattern 33m 50s
What is the Simple Factory Pattern? 6m 4s
Implementing The Simple Factory Pattern, Part 1 8m 2s
Implementing The Simple Factory Pattern, Part 2 8m 52s
Implementing The Simple Factory Pattern, Part 3 10m 52s

Conclusion 13m 58s
Understanding The Flow of Control 7m 26s
Wrapping It All Up - On To Other Patterns! 6m 32s

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